Copperhead (G.I. Joe)

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Copperhead
Cobra
SpecialtyWater Moccasin Pilot
File nameClassified
Birth placeUnknown
Primary MOSAir-driver swamp vehicle operator
Secondary MOSSeaborne demolitions

Copperhead is a

Cobra's Water Moccasin pilot
and debuted in 1984.

Profile

Copperhead's military specialty is air-driver swamp vehicle operator. He is presumably a native of the Florida Everglades, due to his immeasurable knowledge of the area, and is believed to have raced speedboats in high-stakes races in Monaco and Japan. His major weakness is gambling, on which he apparently got started by placing bets on his own races. He compounded his problems, by selling his services to Cobra to pay off his debts.[1]

Copperhead is extremely comfortable and capable in swamp environments, and is intimately familiar with seaborne demolitions and high-speed naval assault vehicles. He is also a gifted mechanic, spending much of his time elbow-deep in the transmissions of various Cobra watercraft, customizing and tuning them for maximum performance in jungle and swamp operations. Once Copperhead's combat and piloting skills were established, it is assumed that Cobra either paid off - or otherwise eliminated - his bookies.[2]

During the time that Cobra was out of commission, Copperhead returned to his old tricks, and racked up more substantial debt. According to intelligence reports, he'd been placing wagers under false identities, then sabotaging his opponents, assuring himself of a guaranteed payday. Angry bookies came looking for retribution after his schemes were uncovered, and so Copperhead was relieved when he received the call back to Cobra, this time as the head of Cobra's Naval forces.[3]

Phoenix Guard

The members of the

Fort Benning. He became known to General Rey for his cruel sense of humor.[4]

Toys

Copperhead was first released as an action figure in 1984, packaged with the "Water Moccasin" swamp cruiser.

Python Patrol line in 1989.[8][9]

Comics

Marvel Comics

Copperhead has actually never appeared in any issue of the

Wild Weasel and Firefly.[10]
However, Copperhead appeared in Marvel Comics G.I. Joe Yearbook #1 (March 1985) in the Cobra profiles and also in The G.I. Joe Order of Battle #3 (February 1987).

Action Force

Copperhead is also part of the "

Thames River. The two Cobra soldiers escape, but the hostage is safely rescued.[11]

Devil's Due comics

Copperhead appears in the

Barrel Roll is successfully inserted and extracted despite his best efforts. During the escape, Copperhead is almost killed when the Joe forces drop their escape craft on his vehicle.[12]

In the America's Elite series, Copperhead is one of the Cobra operatives who pose as a new elite unit called

Ghost Bear, and battles Torpedo and Wet-Suit in the waters along the East African coast.[15]

IDW

In IDW's G.I. Joe comic universe, Copperhead was given the name James McCoy and presented as a high ranking agent of Cobra in charge of their navy operations in the Gulf of Mexico. He is a single father and is not shown in costume.[volume & issue needed] IDW's Copperhead was killed by G.I. Joe when the team raided his home, after Crimson Twin Tomax (who had defected from Cobra to work for G.I. Joe) gave up his location in hopes that by arresting him, they could then turn him informant.[volume & issue needed]

Copperhead was killed in front of his son teenage son Scotty, who then angrily refutes Flint's attempt to get him to give up any information that he might have on his father's employer.[volume & issue needed] Later, Scotty is seen being recruited by Baroness at his father's funeral, with it implied that he will assume his father's alter ego within Cobra.[volume & issue needed]

Animated series

Sunbow

In the Sunbow

G.I. Joe cartoon, he first appeared in the first-season episode "Jungle Trap", voiced by Frank Welker.[16]
His last appearance is at the beginning of the episode "Worlds Without End Pt. 1".

DiC

Copperhead also appeared in DiC's G.I. Joe cartoon, voiced by Maurice LaMarche.[17] In the "Operation Dragonfire" mini-series, Copperhead sides with Cobra Commander, and becomes a commander for the Python Patrol. The character does not wear his Python Patrol costume though; the character's helmet is also redesigned to be a closed face mask as opposed to allowing his eyes to be seen.

During an aerial chase with

Scoop
. It is unknown if he survived.

Valor vs. Venom

In G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, Copperhead is a Cobra fighter pilot whose plane is downed by Kamakura.

References

  1. ISBN 0-87135-288-5
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  2. ISBN 978-0-345-51642-8
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  3. ^ Wherle, Scott (2002). G.I. Joe: Battle Files #2. Devil's Due Publishing. p. 6.
  4. ^ Casey, Joe (w), Medors, Josh (p), Zajac, Richard (i). "The Rising" G.I. Joe: America's Elite, no. 14 (August 2006). Devil's Due Publishing.
  5. ISBN 978-0-89689-922-3
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  6. ISBN 0-87341-301-6
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  7. ^ "COPPERHEAD (v1), YOJOE.COM | YoJoe.com: Dedicated to the G.I.Joe of the 80's, 90's and beyond!". YoJoe.com. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  8. ISBN 978-0-89689-922-3
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  9. ISBN 0-87341-301-6
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  10. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #25-28
  11. ^ Action Force #21-22 (1987)
  12. ^ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vol. 2 #28-30 (2004)
  13. ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #18 (December 2006)
  14. ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #30 (December 2007)
  15. ^ G.I. Joe: America's Elite #33 (March 2008)
  16. G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
    .
  17. ^ "The Voices of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989, Animated Series) - Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers". Voicechasers.com. 1989-09-02. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2014-03-30.

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